and whipping winds left their mark. but even the power of earl was no match for this bride and groom. >> celebrating the acknowledgment of love which they have for each other. >> reporter: they married at the chatham bar's inn, determined not to let a hurricane spoil their day. >> always be memorable. plenty of challenges, but nothing stopping us. >> or their happily ever after. >> i hope not. we had a while wind romance, but maybe a hurricane just throws some excitement to it. there is a strange excitement with the hurricane. >> reporter: hurricane earl barreled toward the u.s. as a category 4 but lost steam as it made landfall on the outer banks of north carolina. the weather channel's jim cantore was in hard-hit cape hatteras. >> as you can see, we're taking it on the skin. this water continues to push up with the strong northerly winds. >> reporter: earl made a turn, setting its sights on the east coast, creating dangerous rip currents up and down the coast. but in the end, earl will go down as a near miss for much of the coast. and those who were once bracing pour the worst can
